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India and NASA to Explore Moon Together

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everybody-has-an-angle dept.

hotsauce writes "NASA administrator Griffin on a visit to Indian space facilities in Bangalore has signed an agreement to explore the moon with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). This agreement will see NASA instruments on a 2008 Indian moon mission, and further cooperation is being explored. An Indian paper has a different take on the visit. Interesting answer by Griffin on NASA outsourcing to ISRO."

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  1. This Assumes That We're All Still Here... by Chagatai · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It amazes me that no one has picked up on how there is a comet nearby that has shattered into over 64 different pieces. NASA is tracking one piece that has a minimum distance of just 9300 miles away from the earth, with a flyby on May 11. Given that some of these fragments have discrepancies of over 100% between their nominal miss and minimum miss distances, I find it a little hard to believe the NASA line that we should clearly miss this comet. If nothing else, from their graphs and such, it looks like the earth will be going through the comet's tail later this month.

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    --Chag
  2. Missing Genie? by Bruteus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe they figured out where the Genie in the Lamp is really at!

  3. Japan vs. India by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    When Japan was a 3rd-world nation, its government spent almost no money on space development. Rather, Tokyo plowed money into developing industry so that Japan could reach 1st-world status as quickly as possible.

    By contrast, the Indian government wastes huge sums of money on space exploration and nuclear-weapons development. Meanwhile, the majority of Indians live in squalor. Many Indian children continue to work as slaves.

    There is a horrific comparison here. Japan, a nation with virtually no natural resources, has reached 1st-world status. India, a nation with plenty of resources, remains a cesspool of poverty. Why did Japan succeed but India fail?

  4. Re:Blatant Racism... by paraax · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Then to even things out...

    "First lunar McDonalds"
    "deep fried tang"

    Hmmm, not sure what I can substitute for the Dell Helpdesk.